William Moschella

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Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy

Administration Officials Involved Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General and former White House Counsel Paul McNulty, Deputy Attorney General Karl Rove, Deputy White House Chief of Staff Harriet Miers, White House Counsel Kyle Sampson, Chief of Staff to the Attorney General Fred Fielding, White House Counsel William Kelley, Deputy White House Counsel Michael Elston, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Attorney General William Moschella, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Resigned Kyle Sampson, Chief of Staff to the Attorney General Michael A. Battle, Director of the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys Leave of Absence Monica Goodling, Justice Department's liaison to the White House US Attorneys who were fired H. E. Cummins III, Eastern District of Arkansas Kevin V. Ryan, Northern District of California Daniel Bogden, District of Nevada Carol Lam, Southern District of California David Iglesias, District of New Mexico Paul K. Charlton, District of Arizona John McKay, Western District of Washington) Margaret Chiara, Western District of Michigan United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary Patrick Leahy, Chair (Democrat) Arlen Specter, Ranking member (Republican) Brett Tolman former counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Attorney, District of Utah

William E. Moschella (born April 17, 1968), a United States lawyer and political appointee as Deputy Attorney General in the administration of President George W. Bush.

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Main article: Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy

Moschella made statements before congress in February, 2007, which were later found to be false.^{[citation needed]}